In commemoration of the great sagzi king, Yaqub Al saffar 🇦🇫, Who brought Arabs out of Khorasan. ——————————————. Yaqub Al Saffar an eastern iranic was born in modern day Afghanistan 🇦🇫, in the city of Zaranj of the Nimruz province and founded the Saffarid dynasty (861-1003) one of the first empires of the “Iranian intermezzo” He belonged to the Sagzi clan of Sistan specifically in modern day Nimruz, Afghanistan 🇦🇫 You may ask who were the Sagzi clan? The Sagzi (also spelled Sakzai, Sakzi, or Eshagzai) are an ancient-rooted group and Pashtun tribe with historic ties to the region of Sistan (historically Sakastan, or the "Land of the Saka") They traditionally inhabited southwestern Afghanistan (such as Helmand, Farah, and Nimroz) as well as parts of northern Sistan and Baluchestan in Iran, with historical nomadic and pastoral roots Following the Islamic conquests and later migrations, the name merged into tribal lineages most notably the Eshagzai (or Sakzai), a major branch of the Durrani Pashtun confederation The name also originates from the ancient Saka (Scythian) nomadic tribes of Central Asia who migrated into the Iranian plateau and southern Afghanistan in the late centuries BCE, forming the historical province of Sakastan (modern Sistan) Yaqub Al saffar and his empire is celebrated in modern times in Iran and Afghanistan for achieving many things. The Saffarids overthrew the Abbasid held Tahirid dynasty in Khorasan in 873 CE He is Credited with helping spark the renaissance of New Persian literature and culture. Ya'qub actively promoted the use of Persian at court over Arabic, commissioning poets like Muhammad ibn Wasif to write verse in New Persian Built a sprawling military empire across eastern and southern Iran, Afghanistan, parts of Central Asia, and Balochistan/Pashtunistan, and famously marched an army nearly to the gates of Baghdad in 876 CE facing the Abbasid caliphate. Model for Post-Islamic Persianate Rule: Served as one of the first indigenous Persianate dynasties of the Iranian Intermezzo, establishing a template for military and administrative organization that later regional dynasties (such as the Samanids) followed Today his descendants live among the Sagzi Pashtuns of Farah, Helmand, Nimruz, Ghor, Sistan (🇮🇷), and Herat. #pashtun #afghanistan🇦🇫 #saffarids #sistani #persian - @pashtunofkhorasan